Wild pigs invade neighborhoods

From: Honolulu Star - Bulletin | Date: May 21, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

When Sarah Preble first noticed rocks and grass out of place in her Manoa Valley backyard, she did not consider wild pigs, even though a neighbor had mentioned trouble with the animals.

"I didn't think a whole lot more about it," she said. "Then one day a few weeks ago, I'd picked a few avocados. I had one in each hand and was 15 or 20 yards from our house. I looked ahead of me and saw a black, hairy back -- about the size of a neighbor's Labradors, but shaped different. Then just beyond, I saw a dark brown head with large tusks.

"We had a bit of a stare-down," Preble recalled of her ...

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